Table, ice, duck, flag... 這些（xiē）簡單的英語單詞，它們的名（míng）詞意義就算對初學英語者來說也一定是小（xiǎo）菜一碟，但老外經常（cháng）把它們當做（zuò）動詞（cí）用，它們的動詞意義和用法你知道嗎？
1. table：名詞，桌子；當動詞用，是指開會時延期討論提案等，也就是暫緩審議。（to postpone discussion of a bill or suggestion until future time); 例如：
They tabled the motion at the meeting.
I made the motion and he seconded it.（我提案，他同意。) (second 這裏是動詞，意思是讚成；to second the motion 也就是附議）
We are tabling this matter until further notice.（我們延期討論這件事，以後再說。）
2. pride：名詞，榮譽；當動詞（cí）用，是指感到得意或自豪。（to take pride in something）例如：
We prided ourselves on our good work. (我們為自己工（gōng）作的表現而自豪（háo）。)
I have long prided myself on being a good teacher. (我一向以（yǐ）身為一名（míng）稱職的（de）老師師而自豪。)
注意：to pride oneself on和 to be proud of 或（huò） to take pride in 意思相近，隻是用法和（hé）後麵所跟的介詞不同而已。例如：
They take great pride in her daughter who is now a famous scientist.
I am very proud of being a Chinese.
3. carpet：名詞，地毯；當（dāng）動詞用，是覆蓋的意思 。(to cover something) 例如：
The flower girls carpeted the floor with rose petals before the bride’s entrance. (新娘進來前，花童將玫瑰（guī）花（huā）瓣撒滿了地板。)
During the winter time my roof is carpeted with white snow. (冬天時我家（jiā）的（de）屋頂蓋滿了白雪。)
4. floor：名詞，地板；當動詞用，是踩足汽車的油（yóu）門，加速開（kāi）車或使人驚訝。 (to press accelerator of a car to the floor in order to speed up; or to astonish someone) 例如：
As soon as I saw his gun, I floored my car. (我一見到他有槍，立即（jí）踩（cǎi）足油門加速開車。)
When you see a police car, don’t floor it. (當你（nǐ）看到警車時，別開快（kuài）車（chē）。)
The news really floored me; I hadn’t been expecting it at all. （這個消息真使我吃驚地不知所措（cuò），這完全出乎（hū）我地意料。）
5. top：名（míng）詞，頂端；做動詞用，是做得更好，或高過某人。 (to do something better or to be taller than someone) 例如：
If he had tried harder, he could have topped his class. (假如他以前用功些，他會在班裏（成績）名列前茅的。)
The tax-cut issue will top today’s agenda. (減稅問題將是今天的主要議（yì）題。)
Mr. Lin tops me by three inches. (林先生比我高三吋)
6. flag：名詞，旗幟；當動詞用，是指打旗號或做手勢來傳達訊息。 (to give signal for communication) 例如：
When my car broke down, I flagged a police car. (當我的汽車拋錨的時候，我打了（le）個信號招來一輛警車。)
The beach life-guards usually flag one another for communication. (海濱救生員通常用旗（qí）號傳達訊息。)
7. bridge：名詞，橋梁、橋牌；當動詞用，是連接（jiē）或溝通的意思。(to connect) 例如：
The parents are trying to bridge the generation gap with their children. (父母都在設法彌合與兒女的（de）代溝。)
These tax reforms are attempt to bridge the gap between the rich and poor. （這些稅收改革旨在彌合貧富之間的差距。）
8. club：名詞，俱樂部、高爾夫球棒；當動詞（cí）用（yòng），意思是（shì）用棍（gùn）棒打人。(to beat someone with a stick) 例如：
The security officer should not club any suspect who does not resist arrest. (保安人員對任何沒有拒（jù）捕（bǔ）的嫌犯都不該（gāi）用棍棒毆打。)
I saw the police clubbing a suspected robber. (我看到警察用棍棒打了那個搶劫嫌疑犯。)
9. soldier：名詞，士兵；當動詞用，是指不畏困難，堅持（chí）下去。(to forge ahead no matter what difficulty is) 例如：
The Marine Corps usually have to soldier on under the hardest conditions. (海軍陸戰（zhàn）隊（duì）通常在最艱難的情況下，仍要勇敢前進。)
He doesn’t like the job but he’ll solider on until they can find a replacement for him.（他不喜歡這個工（gōng）作，但他會（huì）繼續幹下去，直（zhí）到他們找到接替他（tā）的人為止。）
10. duck：名（míng）詞，鴨子；當動詞用，是（shì）逃避（bì）、躲避、回避的意思。(to try to avoid) 例如：
His speech was full of generalizations, and ducked all the real issues.（他（tā）的講話全是泛泛而談，回避（bì）了所有（yǒu）實質性的（de）問題。）
11. chair：名詞，椅子、主席（chairperson）；當動詞用，是（shì）擔任主席（to be a chairperson）例如：
He has chaired a committee on international affairs.（他擔任國際事務委員會的主席（xí）。）
She will chair the math department next semester. (下學期她將擔任數（shù）學（xué）係主任。）
12. doctor：名詞，醫生、大夫（fū）；當動詞用，是指竄改、對……做手腳。(to change, esp. in a dishonest way) 例（lì）如：
They were charge with doctoring the election results. （他們因竄改（gǎi）選舉結果而受到控告。）
to doctor the number 是做假賬的意（yì）思，相當於 to cook the book, to make something fraudulent or false
He tried to doctor the number before tax time. (他在報稅前設法做假（jiǎ）賬。)
13. cushion：名詞，坐（zuò）墊；當動詞用，是（shì）指緩和，緩和或降低對某事的撞擊或震動（to soften or decrease impact of something）例如：
Powerful shock absorbers cushion our landing. (有效（xiào）的減緩（huǎn）裝置緩解了我們著陸時的衝撞力。)
Nothing can cushion the sorrow of her mother’s death. （什麽也不能減輕她喪母的（de）悲痛。）
14. cap：名詞，便帽；當動詞用，是指限額、約束或製止。(to limit something) 例如：
The new law has capped the crabbing season in our area. (新法令限製了該地區捕蟹（xiè）的時節。)（即不準隨時捕蟹）
Our school will cap the white student enrollment to promote its diversity programs. (本校為了促進生源（yuán）的種族多（duō）元